Aliye

Aliye

TV Series · 2004–2006 · 26 people

Aliye is a drama series from TMC Film. It began on atv on September 14, 2004, and ended on October 17, 2006, running for three seasons and finishing with its 76th episode. The third season aired in 2006. According to details we recorded earlier, the director was Kudret Sabancı, the producer Erol Avcı, and the writers Yıldız Tunç, Ayfer Tunç, Güliz Kucur and Mehmet Bilal.

Aliye is the daughter-in-law of a wealthy family in Edirne and has two children. She shares a big house with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law. Her marriage has not brought the happiness she hoped for, and by chance she discovers that Sinan, her husband, has been unfaithful with a young girl. She takes both children and leaves, trying to reach her uncle Feyyaz, a dentist in Istanbul. At the railway station Sinan finds her and takes one of the children. From then on Aliye works to build a new life in Istanbul while trying to rescue the child who stayed with Sinan.

Sanem Çelik plays Aliye and Halit Ergenç plays Sinan Karahan. İlhan Şeşen plays Feyyaz, Nejat İşler Dr. Deniz, Mine Tugay Defne, Barış Falay Mücahit, Tayanç Ayaydın Kahraman and Ülkü Duru Nusret.

DirectorKudret Sabancı
Production companyTMC Film

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Aliye is the daughter-in-law of a wealthy Edirne family; on learning of her husband's infidelity she leaves with her two children for Istanbul and her uncle. The story can be read as a woman's search for the respect she deserves in marriage and her effort to build a new life through a move from the provinces to the big city. The child remaining with the husband brings out her legal and social fragility. Although the series runs in melodrama's language, touching the question of a woman's economic independence is valuable.

Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

The tension between Sanem Çelik's Aliye and Halit Ergenç's Sinan Karahan is the show's constant fuel: the struggle to get the child back stretches across three seasons. A main line resting on one question can strain over 76 episodes; supporting characters such as İlhan Şeşen's Feyyaz and Nejat İşler's Dr. Deniz help keep the story fresh. The weak side is that the melodrama advances through repeating breaking points. A series for patient viewers who like emotional tension.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

The set-up of Aliye is clear and effective: a husband blocking her path at a railway station cuts her escape short, and from there the story splits in two, a new life in Istanbul and the child left behind. This dual structure carries the tension well. But a crowded writing team (more than one writer) and a length of 76 episodes create a risk of tonal fluctuation. Tied to melodrama's classic patterns, a safe but well-worked drama. In performance terms, the contrast between Sanem Çelik and Halit Ergenç builds the series' dramatic balance; on the other hand, the emotional emphasis of the melodrama can tip into exaggeration.

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